Hugo Thimig
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| Born | Hugo August Thimig 16 June 1854 |
| Died | 24 September 1944 (aged 90) |
| Resting place | Sieveringer Cemetery, Vienna |
| Nationality | German-Austrian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre director |
| Years active | 1874–1924 |
| Spouse | Franziska "Fanny" Hummel |
| Children | Hermann Thimig Friedrich Thimg Helene Thimig Hans Thimig |
Hugo August Thimig (16 June 1854 – 24 September 1944), although born in Germany, spent his working life in Austria as an actor, director, and director of the Burgtheater in Vienna.[1][2]
Biography
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Thimig was the founding father of one of
Thimig began as a "shy lover" type, but soon developed into both comic and serious character roles, and his career soon took off. As early as 1881 he was appointed
After his retirement in 1924 at the age of seventy he moved to the Theater in der Josefstadt, run by his future son-in-law Max Reinhardt, where he stayed until 1933, when he finally withdrew into private life, aged almost 80. The Theater in der Josefstadt was known in Vienna in the 1920s as the "Thimig Theatre", as besides the father, his three acting children were also engaged there: Helene Thimig, at first the partner and later the wife of Reinhardt, and her younger brother Hermann Thimig. The youngest of the three, Hans Thimig, joined them a little later. The entire family from then on worked in either the Burgtheater or the Theater in der Josefstadt.
Thimig was a passionate collector of theatrical items and memorabilia. His collection of documents and objects formed the basis of the collections of the
On 24 September 1944, aged 90, he committed suicide by an overdose of Veronal. His wife Franziska (née Hummel) had died two days previously. His grave is in the Sievering Cemetery in the 19th district of Vienna.[3]
Recognition
- 1942: Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft, awarded by Adolf Hitler[4]
- 1944: Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna (Ehrenring der Stadt Wien)
- Thimiggasse, a street in Währing, the 18th district of Vienna, is named after Hugo Thimig
Selected filmography
- Clothes Make the Man (1921)
- Tales of Old Vienna (1923)
- Never the Twain (1926)
- Love in May (1928)
- Money on the Street (1930)
Notes
- ^ "Hugo Thimig". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Hugo Thimig". 27 September 1944. Retrieved 21 December 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Lackner, Herbert (23 April 2014). "100 Jahre Erster Weltkrieg: Society-Skandal in Wien". Profil (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 611.
References
- Hadamowsky, Franz, 1962: Hugo Thimig erzählt. Leipzig: Böhlau
- Kahane, Arthur, 1930: Die Thimigs. Leipzig: Erich Weibezahl
- ISBN 3-85002-182-3
- von Ambesser, G., 2005: Die Ratten betreten das sinkende Schiff. Frankfurt am Main: Edition AV ISBN 3-936049-47-5
External links
- Hugo Thimig at IMDb
- Hugo Thimig in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
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